Tag Archives: onshore rig

As bad as things have been in the US drilling market, Canada has been a real slog this year. In this update, we provide a short briefing on trends there and what could come next… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read …

+10. Flat. Flat. -2. Those are the weekly changes the US land rig count has posted for the past four weeks. Not bad! A couple weeks ago – after the first two datapoints in the pattern above – we wrote “The Past 2 Weeks Don’t Make A Trend, But 2 …

Not going to make a big difference in anyone’s business, but it’s good to see… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If you are new to Infill Thinking, or …

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The total US rig count hit 258 last week as the land rig count dipped below the important 250 mark to 246 rigs turning to the right. With absolute certainty, this is the lowest level in seven decades (since Truman was president). With high confidence, this is the There’s a …

Are we there yet? To the bottom? There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If you are new to Infill Thinking, or your membership has expired, please email us to …

Where is the rig count going to strike bottom and how high will it go in the next cycle? We discuss this and other key issues in land drilling with the insight of the top land rig CEO There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full …

What happens to land rig contractor market share when the rig count gets demolished? These visuals explain the company-by-company fallout. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a member. If you are …

There’s been a lot of focus on the Lower 48 natural gas plays as a source of relatively strong oilfield service demand in the oil crisis. This week, we took a data-driven look at a variety of activity metrics in the play – a “wellness check” if you will… There’s …

From peak to trough, last cycle’s X% rig count in South Texas decline took X months. This cycle, a X% drilling decline has played out in just X months…. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update…  To read this update and receive our research …